Re: [HAIFUX] Special insta-party distro ?

2003-08-26 Thread Oron Peled
On Tuesday 26 August 2003 18:58, Yedidyah Bar-David wrote: > 1. I am not sure the second and third times will take as long as the > first. Correct. > 2. If many people use it, e.g. hundreds of instalees per version on > around ten different parties, it's still worth it. Yes, if installs cannot b

Re: [HAIFUX] Special insta-party distro ?

2003-08-26 Thread Yedidyah Bar-David
On Tue, Aug 26, 2003 at 05:45:45PM +0300, Oron Peled wrote: > > Just like Eli, you are describing the creation of "mini" distro (with its > "mini" installer). I think any one of us is capable of doing this. However, > this is not a 5 minutes job -- you need to debug this thoroughly (you don't > w

Re: [HAIFUX] Special insta-party distro ?

2003-08-26 Thread Oron Peled
On Tuesday 26 August 2003 13:22, Yedidyah Bar-David wrote: > What I thought of is this: > ... > Prepare such an installed system, > ... > This image will be a loop-mounted root FS, > ... > There, I (and the other installers) will conf/tune it for the hardware > ... > Configuring X shouldn't be that

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2003-08-26 Thread linux-il
Hi Harmeet, I'd recommand you to start at http://www.tldp.org/ (The Linux Documentation Project) and dig from there. You are also likely to find good books about the internals of the Linux kernel both on-line and off-line (e.g. Amazon). And last but not least, google.com is your friend here too, t

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2003-08-26 Thread Harmeet Uppal
Hi, Need some info on how does copy on write work after a fork and whats is the actual difference with vfork and fork.Why is there a difference in their foot prints.And are there any unique mailing list just for Threads (HP/Linux/Solaris & AIX) Thanks and regards, Harmeet ===

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2003-08-26 Thread Harmeet Uppal
Dear All, I am interested in understanding the working of the Linux IPC's in a step by step manner. Can any expert help on the same. I would also like to understand the implementation of Synchronization techniques available on Linux. Thanks and regards, Harmeet ==

Re: [HAIFUX] Special insta-party distro ?

2003-08-26 Thread Yedidyah Bar-David
Hi All, As others, I did not read the thread in its entirety, but I feel a need to add a few points. I was in a few parties in the almost 3 years I work here, so I have some experience. I can tell you that a lot of time is spent on: Defragging, Repartitioning, copying the packages to disk. It's tr

Re: [HAIFUX] Special insta-party distro ?

2003-08-26 Thread Oron Peled
On Tuesday 26 August 2003 11:11, Eli Billauer wrote: > As I mentioned, I'm not talking about adding an rpm or two, but making a > single computer work really nice, and then duplicate it. Basically, that is what all installation kits are striving for! The problem is that "image" install is almost

Re: kernel compiling error

2003-08-26 Thread Alex Veber
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 24 August 2003 12:18, Oleg Goldshmidt wrote: > Muli Ben-Yehuda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > On Sun, Aug 24, 2003 at 02:36:30PM +0300, Erez Doron wrote: > > > i installed kernel-source-2.4.20-20.9-i686.rpm > > > i linked the main dir to /us

Re: [HAIFUX] Special insta-party distro ?

2003-08-26 Thread Eli Billauer
Hello Shaul, and hello all. Shaul Karl wrote: I am under the impression that in general, preparing any kind of a Linux CD that truly enhances another CD requires a lot of work. As I explained in my original post (bothered to read it?), not at all. Preparing the CD, as I suggested, is more or